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prettydumbuser

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Registered: 2021-07-21

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[SOLVED] Desktop env loads but no apps can be open

This issue occurred after rebooting my pc a few times back to back.

I can see my desktop environment but when I press CTRL+ALT+T nothing happens and when I press META and click on any application nothing opens.

CTRL+ALT+F2 works and I can see my hostname on my pc isn't "archlinux" anymore and has changed to "unknown44af284ee706"

Changing wallpaper and some desktop env items still show like widgets but no app outside of those seem to open.

I'm unsure what info is needed.

Last edited by prettydumbuser (2021-07-21 17:23:45)

prettydumbuser

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Registered: 2021-07-21

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Desktop env loads but no apps can be open

Turns out all I needed to do was change hostname back with:
hostnamectl hostname archlinux & reboot.

Happy my username keeps its promise.
Still confused on how it changed, only new thing I've been doing is using virt machine manager.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Desktop env loads but no apps can be open

It changes because you don't have a static hostname and it gets assigned one by the network (networkmanager tends to do that) - and X11 doesn't like that.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … e_hostname

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